Von Lozon

2509 Lenox St, Trenton MI, 48183 Lozon1vt@cmich.edu Cell 734-307-9584

Work Experience
Central Michigan Life, Mount Pleasant, MI
Voted College Media Company of the Year three years in a row from 2014-16

Mens Baseball, Womens Basketball and Womens Soccer beat reporter, January 2016 to present
Made the front page of the newspaper with a story on CMU pitcher Sean Martens Tommy John surgery.

Had the most viewed sports article of the week, a feature on CMU womens basketballs associate
head coach, during my second month with the paper.
Reached over 100 iTunes downloads from three different countries on Unsportsmanlike Conduct, the
podcast I host.
Trenton Tribune, Trenton, MI
Reporting Intern, May 2016 to August 2016

Built a community presence and relationships with city officials after writing a story involving
improvements to a local park playground.
Independently worked on stories involving, but not limited to, city politics and high school sports.
The Big House Report
Assistant Manager, August 2014 to present

Help expand the podcasting network Wolverine Sounds on SoundCloud and iTunes to ensure
listeners could stream podcasts on their preferred outlet.
Record podcasts on related Michigan athletics events once per week during football/basketball season.
Write and edit blogs in a timely manner to ensure each story is published on the correct day.
NFCNBarroom.com

Lions Barroom Associate Editor, August 2016 to present

Maintained and communicated every day with a team of five Detroit Lions writers.
Grew the @LionsBarroom Twitter account from 12 followers to 101 followers in one month.

Detroit Sports 105.1 Radio Station, Ferndale, MI

Promotions/Writing Intern, May 2015 to August 2015

Was selected as one of four interns at the station during the summer of 2015.
Wrote Detroit sports articles for the website that would be posted on each social media account.
FanPoint Sports
Co-founder, January 2014 to June 2016

Reached over 800 views on my preview of the NFC North division for the 2015 NFL season.
Managed a team of 10 sports writers and kept up with them to follow assignment deadlines.

Education

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Double Major Broadcasting & Cinematic Arts, Journalism
Course of study Journalism

Graduating Dec. 2016